Tinea (moth)
Tinea is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Tineinae. As evident by its name, it is the type genus of its subfamily and family. Established as one of the first subgroups of "Phalaena", it used to contain many species of Tineidae that are nowadays placed in other genera, as well as a few moths nowadays placed elsewhere.
Selected species
Species of Tinea include:Tinea accusatrix Meyick, 1916 Tinea analytica Meyrick, 1919 Tinea antricola Meyrick, 1924 Tinea apicimaculella Chambers, 1875 Tinea atmogramma Meyrick, 1927 Tinea atriflua Meyrick, 1919 Tinea basifasciella Ragonot, 1895Tinea behrensella Chambers, 1875Tinea bothniella Svensson, 1953Tinea borboropis Meyrick, 1919 Tinea caerula Meyrick, 1927 Tinea carnariella Clemens, 1859Tinea catalytica Meyrick, 1919 Tinea chaotica Meyrick, 1893Tinea chloroceros Meyrick, 1919 Tinea columbariella Wocke, 1877 Tinea conferta Meyrick, 1914 Tinea conspecta Philpott, 1931 Tinea conchylitis Meyrick, 1919 Tinea coracopis Meyrick, 1909 Tinea corynephora Turner, 1927Tinea croceoverticella Chambers, 1876Tinea criochrysa Meyrick Tinea delotoma Meyrick, 1919 Tinea dividua Philpott, 1928Tinea drymonoma Turner, 1923 Tinea dubiella Stainton, 1859 Tinea extracta Meyrick Tinea flavescentella Haworth, 1828Tinea flavofimbriella Tinea grumella Zeller, 1873Tinea gypsomicta Meyrick, 1931 Tinea holocapna Meyrick, 1931 Tinea irrepta Braun, 1926Tinea isodonta Meyrick, 1931 Tinea lanella Pierce & Metcalfe, 1934Tinea mandarinella Dietz, 1905Tinea melanoptycha Tinea messalina Robinson, 1979Tinea misceella Chambers, 1873Tinea montezuma Meyrick )Tinea murariella Staudinger, 1859Tinea niveocapitella Chambers, 1875Tinea occidentella Chambers, 1880 Tinea omichlopis Meyrick, 1928 Tinea pallescentella Stainton, 1851 Tinea oxymora Meyrick Tinea phaeonephela Meyrick Tinea platysaris Meyrick Tinea pellionella - case-bearing clothes mothTinea poecilella Rebel, 1940Tinea porphyropa Meyrick, 1927 Tinea porphyrota Meyrick, 1893 Tinea praeumbrata Meyrick Tinea prensoria Meyrick, 1931 Tinea semifulvella Haworth, 1828 Tinea sequens Meyrick, 1919 Tinea steueri Petersen, 1966Tinea straminiella Chambers, 1873Tinea svenssoni Opheim, 1965 Tinea thoracestrigella Chambers, 1876Tinea translucens Meyrick, 1917 Tinea tridectis Meyrick, 1893Tinea trinotella Tinea tylodes Meyrick Tinea unomaculella Chambers, 1875Tinea xanthostictella Dietz, 1905Tinea xenodes Meyrick, 1909Species formerly placed here include for example Ceratobia oxymora. Before the 19th century, many unrelated moths were placed in Tinea at one time or another.
Synonyms
Junior synonyms of Tinea are:Acedes Hübner, Autoses Hübner, Chrysoryctis Meyrick, 1886Dystinea Börner in Brohmer, 1925Monopina Zagulyaev, 1955Scleroplasta Meyrick, 1919Ses Hübner, 1822Taenia Tinaea Tinearia Rafinesque, 1815 Tineopis Zagulyaev, 1960Edosa is sometimes included in Tinea; it is here treated as doubtfully distinct genus for the time being.